Obituary
Adam Hughes

IT IS WITH sadness that we must announce the
death of an anarchist, Adam Hughes, who died
recently at just 18 years old. Adam gave a great
deal to the anarchist movement in his two or so
years of membership; in terms of activity,
support, friendship, good humour and much more.
He died accidentally while walking on the beach
near his hometown of Newcastle, Co. Down.

Writing in the Belfast-based anarcho-syndicalist
magazine, Organise!, his friend and comrade
Declan McVeigh remembers "Adam was more that just
a drinking buddy or schoolmate to me. I remember
the long talks we would have about the future or
about politics or about what we were going to do
with our lives. I had a deep trust of Adam and I
hope he thought the same about me.

All the while at school we despised the petty
authority and regulations of that place. When we
found that this rejection of authority had a name
and a philosophy, we adopted it wholeheartedly...
we became Anarchists. From there on it was a
scramble to nick paper for the photocopier, to
find a computer to print stuff out and to get
money for post-meeting pints."

Death is always tragic, especially in someone so
young and so full of life as Adam was. He will
be sorely missed by all his comrades and friends
in Organise! and by other Anarchists across the
country who had the pleasure to know him.